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Speaker 1 (00:00):
This is your twenty four to seven use update the
latest Use this hour in just four minutes. The Kennedy
Center Awards are taking on a different look this year.
President Trump is handing out the medals to this year's
Kennedy Center honorees this weekend. In an Oval Office presentation Saturday,
Trump awarded medals to actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor,

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and the rock band Kiss. These are among.

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The greatest artist, actors, and performers of their generation, the greatest,
the greatest that we've seen.

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Also among the honorees are singer George Strait and actor
Michael Crawford. Trump is attending a dinner at the State
Department alongside the honorees ahead of the awards ceremony on Sunday.
Nearly nineteen million people across the West and Midwest are
under winter weather alerts as heavy snow and strong winds
sweep across the regions. Snow is falling over parts of

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the northern plains and rockies from Monte Hannah to the
Dakotas a wintry mix will spread into Illinois, Missouri, and
Wisconsin on Sunday. Forecasters say the snow will extend into Michigan, Indiana,
and Ohio into Sunday morning, with accumulations of anywhere from
two to six inches possible in Chicago. Americans are piling

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up credit card debt at a slower rate than last year.
Lisa Carton has this story.

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Wallet hubbs as US shoppers added sixteen billion dollars so far,
which brings the total credit card debt to over one trillion. Still,
the additional amount of credit card debt is twenty seven
percent less than what was added last year. The average
credit card debt per household tops eleven thousand dollars heading
into the holidays.

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I'm Lisa Carton, and a seven point zero magnitude earthquake
has struck Alaska. The US Geological Survey says the quake
struck near the town of Yakatad in southern Alaska on
Saturday morning. It was reportedly felt in both Anchorage and Juno.
There are no reports of damage or injuries, and no
tsunami warning has been issued. I'm Jim Forbes. The National

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Guard member who survived last month's deadly attack near the
White House is quote slowly healing. West Virginia Governor Patrick
Morrissey cited the family of Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf for
the information. In an update on Friday, the twenty four
year old guardsman is expected to spend another two to
three weeks in intensive care as he recovers from a

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head wound. The Afghan national charged with murder in the attack,
made of virtual court appearance Tuesday from a hospital bed.
If your feeline is a bit fat, a California company
may have the thin solution. Sharon Reardon explains.

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Okava Pharmaceuticals has begun a clinical trial testing GLP one
drugs and fifty cats. The treatment uses a tiny under
the skin implant designed to release the medication slowly over
six months. The studies, titled mel I and it's the
first of its kind, say about sixty percent of cats
in the US are overweight, and that's not good since

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it increases the risk of diabetes and other health problems.

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I'm Sharon reardan.

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The Trump administration is changing the days Americans can visit
national parks for free. The changes take effect next year
and remove Martin Luther King Junior Day and June teenth,
while adding President Trump's birthday, which falls on Flag Day.
In announcing the changes, the Department of the Interior called
those twenty twenty six dates quote resident only, patriotic fee

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free days. Other changes include adding the fourth of July
weekend and President Theodore Roosevelt's birthday to the list, while
removing the anniversary of the Great American Outdoors Act in August.
And A former NASCAR driver and winner of the Infinity
Series has died. JR. Motorsports confirmed Michael Annette's death in

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a social media post. The thirty nine year old was
a native of Des Moines, Iowa. It's unclear when and
how Annette died. I'm Jim Forbes